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Woman with Snowman

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Wilma Gesell, daughter of Gerhard Gesell, stands on a board sidewalk arm-in-arm with a snowman. The snowman holds a Wisconsin pennant.
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Mother and Baby Playing

Date: 1903
Description: Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro...
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Bossy's Baronial Barn

Date: 1905
Description: Log cabin barn and haystack.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
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Feeding a Calf

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan.
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Bossy's Bibacious Bouncing Baby

Date: 1905
Description: Woman feeding calf from a bucket.
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Betsy's Abode

Date: 1905
Description: A woman poses in front of her log cabin with her dog.
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Mississippi River View

Date: 1902
Description: Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river.
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Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
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Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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Alma on Mississippi River

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of the city and the Mississippi River from the bluffs above the city. Photograph was taken after 1902 when the Buffalo County Training School...

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